Join us for a nine-day Festival of Transport as part of May Half Term!

Daily Transport Activity

• Hop aboard a tram or bus and travel through time.

• See Rowley Station in action for the first time since 2020! Enjoy a short steam train ride and explore the signal box, waiting rooms and goods yard.

• At Pockerley Waggonway, you can take a steam train ride through the Georgian landscape hauled by Puffing Billy, a replica of the original locomotive which was built in 1813 by William Hedley.

Saturday, 24th to Monday 26th May

• See your favourite Beamish bus running alongside a number of visiting buses.

Tuesday, 27th and Wednesday, 28th May

• See vintage and veteran cars and motorcycles travelling around the museum site. There will also be a display from the museum’s own vehicle collection on The 1900s Town Street.

Thursday, 29th and Friday, 30th May

• The Colliery Railway in action

• See road haulage travelling around the museum site. There will also be a display on The 1900s Town Street.

Saturday 31st May and Sunday, 1st June

• Watch Glyder and Samson in action alongside some visiting engines on the Narrow Gauge Railway in The 1900s Colliery.

• See your favourite Beamish bus running alongside some post-war vintage buses.

As with all daytime events, you can use your Unlimited Pass or Friends of Beamish membership to enjoy this special event.

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Beamish reserves the right to alter or change this programme at any point.